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Essay / Voyage of the Magi - 850
“Voyage of the Magi” is a poem by TS Eliot taken from the poems of Ariel and published in 1930. It is a dramatic monologue by one of the Magi telling us about his expedition through Palestine. find the Christian messiah: Jesus Christ. Through the narrator's dramatic monologue, Eliot deals with the view of reality, usually distorted by the human mind. In the poem, the travelers witness something that changes their reality forever. How does this monologue illustrate the narrator's view of his experience traveling through Palestine? In order to analyze the narrator's perception of his past journey, I will precede the study of Eliot's poem with a linear analysis. In his dramatic monologue, Eliot uses a vivid understanding of the journey of the Three Kings through the use of imagery. The different use of details inspires the reader to use their imagination on a biblical reference dating back over 2,000 years. The narrator begins his story by describing the climatic challenges encountered: “We had a cold from it. » He uses the diction of winter: "cold, winter, snow", combining the visual and tactile senses for the reader to experience the difficulties encountered by the three wise men. The narrator is generally very negative about what he encounters during his journey. He uses derogatory vocabulary to describe the season: “Just the worst time of the year.” (v.2) “deep and harsh time” (v.4) “the death of winter” (v.5). Not only do the Three Wise Men seem tired and upset by their adventure, but so do their camels. They were “lying in the melting snow” (v. 7), “scarred, suffering and resistant”. The role of this enumeration is to emphasize the physical fatigue of the animal and also to show that both man and animal were affected by the weather conditions. In the second half of the first stanza, the narrator describes the summer in the various cities where he and the other kings traveled. By following the seasons, the Magi inform the reader about the duration of their journey to Palestine. The transition between winter and summer is made smoothly by the verse: “There were times when we regretted.” (v.8), which illustrates the vision of the wise men from his experience. The challenges of the journey were so great and unexpected that most of the time the three kings were tempted to abandon their mission to find the Messiah. The Magi depict palaces, terraces, sorbets (a Central Asian sherbet) and silk maidens to help the reader visualize the places they have passed through..